Improvement in wardrobe-bedsteads



s; 1. HAR'RlsuN &1. HEYMANN.

Wardrnhe-Bedsteads.-

N0.|51,020 V Patent'ed May 19,1874.

tinrrnn lSrA'riiis PATENT OFFICE.,

SAMUEL J. HARRISON AND JACOB HEYMANN, OF BOSTON, MASS.

llv'iPROVENiENT IN WARDROBE-BEDSTEADS.

Specification foriningpar of Letters Patent No. l 51,020, dated May 19,1h74; lpplflhllild February 18, 1873.

To all whom fat may concern Be it known that we, SAML. J. HARIUSON andJACOB HEYMANN, both of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State otMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in XV ardrrobe-Bedsteads, ot' which the following is a specification Our inventionrelates to certain improvements in that class of furniture known aswardrobe-bedstcads, and the object of our improvements is to render suchbcdsteads, when folded together, more compact than those now in use, andalso to so arrange the part containing the bed that it may be easilyopened out and closed up 5 but that our invention may be fullyunderstood, we will describe the same in detail by aid of theaccompanying drawings.

Figure l is a front view of a wardrobe-bedstead arranged according toour invention as it will appear when folded up. Fig. 2 is a side view,representing the' same opened outA ready for use. detail.

A is an upright frame, which forms an ornamental head-board to the pieceof furniture when used as a bedstead, and into which the box B is foldedup when the bed is not in use. This box is provided with a foot-board,C, hinged to the same. The fo0t-board C forms an extension of the box B,which fills up the space between the same and the frame A when theapparatus is folded up, as shown by Fig. 1. b is a catch, arranged tohold the footboard D in place when the bed is down. This foot-board D isprovided with legs a a to support the outer end of the box B.

Our invention consists in the manner of pivoting the box B to the frameA, and in the arrangement ofthe boards D and E, whereby the working'parts of the device are` hidden from view.

F and G are slots formed on the inside of the frame A, and arranged atright angles to each other. j' and g are slides, arranged withcapability of movement in the slots F G. d. and c are pivots, which passthrough the sides of the box B, and are connected to the sliding piecesf and g. To the lower side of the box B, where these pivots areattached, are conducted cords r w, which pass down Figs. 3 and 4 `showparts in around pulleys h supported in the base of the frame A, up overpulleys M attached to the side of the frame A, then downward to theweight M, to which they are attached. The board D is hinged to the box Bin such a manner as to fold up with the bed, and so that it in ay bethrown back, when the bed is down, to fill up the space between the boxB and the board N, in which position it acts as the bolster. The part Eis pivoted to the frame A, and is connected to the bottom of the box Bby a sliding piece, P, which is arranged in connection with the guide p,so that the part E, while it always covers up the space between the boxB and the base of the frame A, is also free to slide on the bottom ofthe Fig. 4.

When the bed is closed up, as shown in Fig. 1, this apparatus presentsthe appearance of an ornamental wardrobe, the footboard O filling up thespace between the end of the box B containing the bed and the cap of theframe A. The legs of the foot-board, folding closely t0 the bottom ofthe box B, form ornamental pendants at the side of the same, and thepart E lls up the space at lower part between the base of the frame Aand the box B, thereby giving the appearance of the base of a wardrobe.This base may be provided with imitations of drawers to carry out theeffect more fully. The under surface of the box B may have mirrorsattached to it, and the vhole front may be otherwise ornamented. Whenthe bed is down ready for use, the foot-board G is fastened in positionby the catch b, andthe hinged piece D is turned back to form the bolsterand' to cover up the space between the box B and the crosspiece N.

The operation of our method of pivoting the box B with the frame A(shown in detail at Fig. 3) is as follows: Vhen the bedstead is beingfolded up, the piece f slides downward toward the bottom of its grooveF, and the piece g at the same time slides across in its groove G, andvice versa, when the bedstead is lowered. By this means the box B isthrown out when it is down, so as to give a greater length of bed thanwould be the ease if a single pivot were used, While at the same timethe box B folds oompaotly into the frame A.

It Will readily be seen that by the arrangement shown thecounter-balance Weights M and the cords and pulleys Will be completelyhidden.

Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the frame A, provided with slots F G and box B,connected to sliding pieces f g by pivots d e, substantially as shownand described.

2. In combination with the frame A and box B, the board D, part E P, andguide p, substantially as set forth.

SAMUEL J. HARRISON. JACOB I-IEYMANN. Witnesses:

J osEPH B. GARDINER, NATHAN B. GooDNoW.

